CMS administrator sworn in
Executive Summary
Mark McClellan worked his first day as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator March 26 after being sworn in the previous afternoon. The Senate cleared McClellan for the position March 12 (1"The Pink Sheet" March 15, 2004, p. 4). The FDA commissioner position left vacant by McClellan's departure will be filled by Deputy Commissioner Lester Crawford on an acting basis...
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